Played on the bench tonight with my double denim Karen's extreme bench shirt. I bought it almost 4years ago but have only benched in it once, never in competition due to injury and deciding to lift raw for a while.

warmed up to 275

put on DD shirt 3x315 half way down shirt stopped it 3x365 no touch, half way down 1x405 no touch, 8" from chest 1x455 no touch, 8" from chest - hmmm, maybe me... 1x495 no touch, 5" from chest - had the shirt set to much, should have had it less jacked. 1x545 no touch, 2" from chest- this was my fault. i think i kept myself from touching.

it was fun to play in the shirt tonight and it gives me something to think about.

knees felt better after the 3rd set of 235. hip felt better going thru the range of motion. Lower back felt better after the 4th set of 235. Everything felt real nice after the 3rd set of 325. didn't want to be real sore in two days so stopped with that. hopefully the body will hold together for one more raw meet.

did these trying to loosen up some for deadlifts, surprised me how good these felt compared to last week.

DEADLIFTS3x5x1353x5x2252x3x3152x3x4052x3x4953x585

I don't do touch & goes, I do keep my hands on the bar but after each rep I relax and reset.really worked harder today on pulling myself into my proper deadlift position, squeezing my shoulder blades together and sitting back at start of pull. everything went up light & easy except 3rd 585. I didn't get back in proper position and had to use more effort to stand up with it. Everyone said it looked easy though.